Chapter 482 is indeed that Cowsel Manor

Kausser Manor, in Kuwait, is also a well-known monument, although it is only a hundred years old. It was once an estate of the Kuwaiti royal family before the establishment of the state, and was later sold by the Kuwaiti royal family to Fudy Petroleum Holdings, where it remains to this day. It is located north of present-day Kuwait City, about 10 kilometers from the city, and covers an area of about 100 acres.

"Fifty years ago, it was a small oasis, and it is because of this that the ancestors of the royal family built a manor. But as time went on, the water that could be supplied by the springs became smaller and smaller, so it was later sold to Fudy Petroleum Holding as its headquarters in Kuwait. In the car, Prince Abdullah told Fang Mingyuan about the history of the manor.

"Mr. Fang, 80 percent of the buildings here have been destroyed by the Iraqis, and the things in the manor have also been looted. Our company is preparing to claim compensation from the Iraqi government, and now it is in ruins, what is there to see? Dudley said disappreciatively. Even if this place was once a royal property, even if it was a place of great historical significance, it is now in ruins, what is the point of saying that it is still in ruins? It's just that Fang Mingyuan insisted on coming, so he had no choice but to follow.

Fang Mingyuan forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and waited for the appearance of the manor.

The road from Kuwait City to Kausser Manor is very clear, but in the sea of sand on the side, you can still see the wreckage of tanks abandoned by the Iraqis from time to time. After a while, the group had already arrived outside the Cowsel Manor.

After getting out of the car, Fang Mingyuan saw the broken gate at a glance, and it could be seen that this should have been forcibly knocked open, and there were also several large holes in the tall wall of the manor, and there were traces of smoke and fire. When you enter the gate, the first thing you will see is a fountain pool, but now it is full of broken bricks and stones. Behind the fountain pool, a small Western-style building is now in ruins. The black building tells people what kind of looting this place has suffered

"These Iraqis who deserve hell have robbed us and set fire to it to cover up their crimes. Zuihou also shelled the place with artillery, turning the place into ruins, and their crimes should forever be engraved in the history of human warfare," Dudley said indignantly.

"Just like you British," Fang Mingyuan added coldly in his heart. Seeing all this, he couldn't help but think of the Old Summer Palace, the garden of ten thousand gardens was the British and French, who looted it and burned it to the ground, the destruction of this Gausel manor, compared with the Old Summer Palace, it is simply not worth mentioning

"Dudleywi, now that the war is over, whether you plan to rebuild this estate or not, you should put this place in order," Prince Abdullah said with displeasure on his face. Isn't it a disgrace to Kuwait to put it here? In any case, it was once considered the private property of the Kuwaiti royal family.

"Your Royal Highness, isn't this the formalities for claiming compensation from the Iraqi government that have not yet been completed?" Dudleyway explained in a low voice, "We are afraid that when the time comes, the Iraqis will not admit it." ”

"So keep leaving it here? If the Iraqis don't pay for a day, they will lose a day, if they don't pay for a year, they will lose a year, and if they don't pay for 10 years? What if you don't pay for a hundred years? Prince Abdullah said dissatisfiedly, "After you have enough evidence, you can put this place in order as soon as possible, and don't leave it here like this" Dudley Wei resignedly.

Fang Mingyuan didn't care about the two of them, stepped on the broken bricks and stones all over the ground, and walked around the side of the small building, only to find that it turned out that there were two side buildings in this small building, but now they were also broken and ruined, and they were in a mess. In the open space behind the building, you can also see obvious craters.

"Fang Shao, don't get close to those places" Chen Zhong stopped in front of Fang Mingyuan. In this kind of place, there is no guarantee that there will be no surviving duds, and if something happens, things will be a big deal.

Fang Mingyuan naturally understood Chen Zhong's concerns, and continued to walk along the road in the manor. He also needed to take a closer look to see if this was the Causel Manor he had seen in his previous life.

He also remembered by chance that in his previous life, he had read an interesting story on the Internet, saying that in a place in Kuwait called Kausel Manor, in the second Gulf War, that is, when the US military invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam's regime, a Scud missile that deviated from the target fell on this place called Kausel Manor and blew up three date palm trees. The date palm tree gets its name because its trunk is tall and straight, the leaves are pinnate compound leaves, and the leaves are long and narrow, similar to the coconut tree, but its fruit is like a date. It is one of the first four major fruit trees to be domesticated and cultivated by humans.

The flesh of the date palm is sweet, has a very high nutritional value, it contains a variety of vitamins and natural sugars useful to the human body, which can be used as grain and fruit, and is also a raw material for sugar production and winemaking. It can even be made into various sweets, high-grade syrups, biscuits and dishes, as well as vinegar and alcohol, so it is also called desert bread. The pits of dates can be used as feed; Inferior dates are used as fertilizer or feed. When the Arabs were short of food, they relied on these dates from the date palm trees to survive.

The trunk of the date palm tree can be used as a building material and a water tank, to build farmhouses and bridges; The leaves can be used to weave mats, tie brooms, make trays, etc., and can also be used as fuel; The twigs can be used to make chairs, beds, fruits, vegetables, chickens, ducks, fish and shrimp, and baskets. It is an important export crop for some countries in the Middle East.

Three date palm trees blew up naturally made the owner of the manor feel very sorry, but the tree fell and could not be stacked there like this, so the owner of the manor arranged for people to dig out the roots, the result of this excavation, but dug out a hundred tons of water every day of the spring and the water quality of this spring is clear, sweet, rich in various minerals, you can directly drink such a spring, in China, no one will take it as a big treasure, but this is Kuwait, it is not much rain a year, In the Middle East, where water is desalination, such a clear spring is worth the money.

Not to mention the value of these lands, as long as you think about the oily water in the Middle East, you can understand how much this directly drinkable spring water can be worth.

It is said that the Kuwaiti royal family spent nearly a billion dollars to return the property to the royal family. That's it, the owner of the manor, still thinks that he has sold at a loss

So this time when he came to Kuwait, Fang Mingyuan also had the intention of believing it and asked Prince Abdullah, but it turned out to be such a coincidence, this Kausel Manor was actually an asset in the name of Fudy Petroleum Holding Company.

The greenery in the manor is very good, and it can be seen that Fudy Petroleum Holding Company should have put a lot of effort into it, but Fang Mingyuan had no intention of doing it at all, if it weren't for the scruples of not letting Prince Abdullah and Dudliwei see anything, he would simply want to fly to the depths of the manor to see if there were any of the three date palms that grew together in the shape of the finished glyph

Prince Abdullah and Dudliwei quickly followed, and as they walked, Dudliwei also introduced Fang Mingyuan to the vegetation on both sides. "That is the famous date palm tree in the Middle East, this kind of tree is dioecious, drought-tolerant, alkali-tolerant, heat-tolerant and moisture-loving, and the age of the tree can be as long as 100 years. If you look at that one again, it's the singles tree, native to the arid tropical regions of Africa. In order to reduce water evaporation, the leaves gradually degrade or even disappear; The branches turn green, replacing the leaves for light and action. Because of its peculiar tree shape, thornless and leafless, it is called the singles tree. Its white milk is highly toxic, and special care should be taken when viewing or cultivating it, so that it does not enter people's mouths, ears, eyes, noses or wounds......"

Along the way, Du Deliwei gushed about introducing no less than fifteen or sixteen kinds of desert vegetation to Fang Mingyuan, which made Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but look at him with admiration. To be honest, among the trees he was talking about, except for the date palm tree and cactus, Fang Mingyuan really didn't know a few other plants.

Looking at Fang Mingyuan's gaze with a bit of admiration, Du Deliwei felt that he had finally pulled back a game, and he could raise his eyebrows a little.

"Fang, these vegetation were planted by Dudley's predecessor, and that one, who is now the vice president of Fudy Petroleum Holdings, is said to have a good chance of taking over as president of Fudy Petroleum Holding in five years." Prince Abdullah's casual words made Fang Mingyuan suddenly realize, this sycophant seems to be applicable to all shijie, and the reason why Du Deliwei remembers the characteristics of these plants so clearly is naturally self-evident.

"Your Royal Highness...... Prince," Dudley called out helplessly.

"Of course, Dudley himself is also more fond of plants." Prince Abdullah added another sentence, of course, this sentence is quite a bit of the taste of three hundred taels of silver here. The accompanying personnel forced a smile one by one, but they were still embarrassed to laugh in front of Dudley.

Finally, the group came to the depths of the manor, Fang Mingyuan stood on a small dirt slope, and saw the three zigzag date palms at a glance. Fang Mingyuan only felt that one of his hearts was immediately beating violently. He couldn't help but think of what Dudley Wei had just said: "This tree is dioecious, and it is drought-tolerant, alkali-tolerant, heat-tolerant, and likes moisture."